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<DIV><FONT color=3D#008000 size=3D2>Hi Dickon</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#008000 size=3D2>What a brilliant effort !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#008000 size=3D2>My Granny well remembered that there we=
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like this on the old four at St George's Canterbury before they were made u=
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five - she rang in the first Ladies' Peal of Minimus there which was disall=
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because it was called by Gary Lineker sitting near the tenor box, which was=
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#008000 size=3D2>AND STILL AS SPORTIVE FANCY BIDS ME RIN=
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SOCKS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#008000 size=3D2>I'LL WAFT MY SALLY UPWARDS FROM TH=
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BOX</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#008000 size=3D2>Cheers &n=
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DAVE</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#008000 size=3D2>NB Honolulu is quite true !</FONT></DIV=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 13 August 2002 12:57</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] FW: [r-=
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href=3D"http://www.tenorbox.org.uk">www.tenorbox.org.uk</A> inscriptions<=
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<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Thought this was of suitable interest (from the other =
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list)<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR><BR>As part of my extensive=20
research into ringing boxes for the above web site,<BR>I came across a=20
complete set, dated 1769, at Little Bryant on the Marsh.<BR>They are insc=
ribed=20
as follows:<BR><BR>1. I MEAN TO MAKE IT UNDERSTOOD THAT FOR THE LITTLE I =
AM=20
GOOD.<BR><BR>2. TO HONOUR BOTH OF HEIGHT AND SIZE OUR RINGERS WE SHALL CA=
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TO RISE<BR><BR>3. WHILST THUS WE JOIN IN CHEERFUL SOUND MAY YE BE LIFTED =
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THE GROUND<BR><BR>4. BOXES ARE A DISTRACTION TO THE MIND<BR><BR>5. IN TIM=
BER=20
BANDS ALL YE WHO JOIN WITH PLANKS AND SCREWS UNITE<BR> SO SHA=
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OUR TONGUE AND GROOVE COMBINE TO RAISE THE RINGERS RITE <BR><BR>6. YE RIN=
GERS=20
ALL THAT YEARN FOR HEIGHT & LOFTINESS<BR> BE ON THE BOX &=
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YOU'LL THE SAME POSSESS <BR><BR>7. TREAT THE BOX WELL AND YOU WILL BE SUR=
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SCORE<BR> AND I'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT OFF THE FLOOR<BR><BR>8. MOU=
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FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND<BR><BR>DrL<BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=
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